Someone had diarrhea last wednesday, but with 3 cats I could not tell
who did it.

Then on Thursday night after seeing three huge globs of diarrhea in the
litter box I immediately did a butt check.

And Imp had a dirty butt.

Friday morning I had to call work to get the okay to bring him in.  He
was trying to act like nothing was wrong.  "Diarrhea?  Who, me?  No it
wasn't!"  Then I pulled out the cat carrier.

I heard the silent message.  "IT'S THE CAT CARRIER!!  SCATTER!!!"  All
three cats suddenly disappeared and I had to hunt them down and close
doors so I could finally corner Imp and get him into the carrier.

He did not like the car ride.  He did not like being shoved into a cage
AGAIN within the span of over a week of his 'horrible' experience.  And
he did NOT like have the fecal wand stuck up his butt, TWICE.

THe fecal smear and fecal float showed no signs of bacteria or
parasites, so Dr. Z's conclusion was that he had a case of primary
enteritis.  It's a fancy word for that he had an upset tummy.

I was dreading this because I knew it meant pills and I have never had
to pill any of my cats.  So Imp got prescribed Immodium for the
diarrhea, and Flagyl which is a gastroenteric antibiotic.  So Friday
afternoon, i had my first shot at pilling him and it went really well.
He swallowed them both on the first try.  But I knew that catching him
is a royal pain.

Friday night I gave him his pills in a salmon flavored pill pocket.  We
use them on dogs all the time and they work great so we're trying them
on cats.  Currently a cat at the clinic named Moose is happy to take
his Clavamox in a pill pocket.  Imp's also on canned I/D which is
prescription food for gastroenteric patients.  Which means separating
all three cats in separate rooms so no one eats the other's food.  I
specifically got canned because I only give the cats canned food as a
treat and all three showed up in the kitchen when I opened the can.
Mischief and Mayhem were not happy to be shut in separate rooms eating
dry food while Imp got gooshy.

Friday night's pilling was a success, because first I gave Imp an empty
pill pocket which he slowly ate.  Then I gave him one with the pills.

He sniffed it, and gingerly ate it.  Success!

Then this morning i was wise to give him his pills before breakfast.
He sniffed it again and then gave me a look like he knew something was
up.  I walked away knowing that he was hungry and he had no choice.  It
was gone when I came back.  And then I gave him his canned I/D

Tonight after separating them for dinner, I gave him his pill pocket,
but this time he was onto me.  He just sniffed at it and gave me this
look of, "I know there's something in this and i don't see why I have
to eat it."

So I had to pill him, which he didn't like.  *sigh* this has to go on
for a few more days.  As of tonight there still is diarrhea in the
litterbox, but it's smaller so I'm hoping he's getting better.

Please keep Imp in your purrs for his diarrhea to get better and tell
him that the pills are to help him.  And purr for me that I can catch
him twice a day to administer them.  

Kristi